• Ferrous@lemmy.ml
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    11 days ago

    So then you’d concede Ukraine is not democratic since they can’t vote out Zelenskyy, right?

    The point here being - democracy isn’t just “the presence of multiple political parties”.

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      11 days ago

      Elections being postponed during wartime is pretty standard. If he won’t voluntarily leave office when the war’s over then we can talk about it not being a democracy.

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              11 days ago

              Palestine this year for example.

              UK, France, Canada, New Zealand during WW I or II.

              Lebanon, Ethiopia I think both this year.

              Kuwait, Cyprus, in the 90s, South Korea in the 50s.

                • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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                  11 days ago

                  Well… yes? Wars are (thankfully) pretty rare, and they’re about as extreme as circumstances get.

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                  10 days ago

                  well thankfully it is extremely rare. and I assume you can finally accept that Ukraine’s current circumstances are the same kind of extreme circumstances as it was the other countries mentioned.

                  • NonconfrontationaI@lemmy.mlBanned
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                    10 days ago

                    Absolutely not, lmao. The majority of Ukrainians want an end to the war, and the leadership is kidnapping men off the street to die on the frontline. An election would fix that up pretty quick.